With all the Halloween costume sewing going on, I haven’t talked about much else in the sewing department. So what else have I been up to? Well first off look at this cool little gem that I found last week….. a UK sewing magazine (this is their second issue) called Homestyle Sewing – it even came with a ‘sewing pack’ of fabrics, ribbons, thread and buttons. I was a bit hesitant to pick it up since the sewing is a bit more ‘folksy’ than what I tend to make, but those little babushka dolls, a set of slippers, and a Lisa Lam reversible bag pattern made me want to buy it. I wasn’t disappointed either, it is a very cute magazine!
I’ve also done a bit of fabric shopping as well. I recently bought some of Fabric.com‘s burnout jersey with the intention of making myself a shirt (and maybe one for Taylor too)…. if you can believe it, I still don’t own one of these style shirts (and it seems like they’ve been popular for ages) so I’m just going to sew a style that I like. While I was there, I put a few yards of Michael Miller’s Dalmation Stripe jersey into my cart. Finding a wide, black strip knit is hard to come by and I have been dreaming about doing some fun t-shirt recons with it.
I also went by Needle Nook Fabrics over the weekend for some ‘swap’ supplies. Instead of sticking with my list (just some stretch lace), I wound up bringing home some cheetah heart french terry. I think Taylor might like a pair of lounge pants with them and they totally remind me of something Victoria Secret Pink might carry. Of course, that means I need to find the time to sew all these things up!
What have you all been up to lately?
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Cute! I have the same red/black lace from Needle Nook!I just bought it a week ago or so. I like the cheetah fabric, I’ll have to pick some of that up.
I’ve been working just on the Halloween costume, and I got done with it the night before i needed it! I’ll get some pics to you as soon as we get them off of my husband’s new fangled phone.
Since it’s a 70′s disco look, I”m going to make some accessories and enter it into a party through the decades sewing contest for Bernina!
The cheetah print is nice! I am going to try to wash it up this week and see how it does.
Carrie – I got my Homestyle Sewing at Borders. Someone may have special ordered it because we don’t tend to get many magazines at our store like this.
Late comment, but I saw the Homestyle Sewing mag in Barnes & Noble today. There were also other mags (mostly cross stitch) from that publisher. I also noticed a couple different IRISH quilting mags while there. There were LOTS of different quilt mags but almost NO sewing ones.